Friday, April 4, 2008

Coast Guard crashes into Sea Shepherd vessel

There is a fracas over a conflict between the Coast Guard and a Sea Shepherd vessel recording the seal hunt (Video at bottom of post). The law of the sea is extremely clear in this regard - if there are 2 motor vessels in danger of a collision, the starboard (right) vessel has the right of way. Also, if a vessel is overtaking (as the Coast Guard vessel was in the first instance) they must maneuver to avoid the other vessel. The Coast Guard captain was clearly being aggressive, and should lose hi

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